Alien Vigilante Aircraft: A Frank Shannon Story

By Ronald Dean Durbin

Frank Shannon was a fast rising star in the Air Force world. Then his F-22 shut down. He guided it away from the civilian population but when he ejected, his carage was too close to the ground. He would lose both legs and remain in a coma for more than one hundred days. The Air Force gave up on him waking up. They retired him at his newly selected rank of full colonel. His wife of twenty-five years couldn't stay there and watch him slowly die. So, Frank lost his career and wife with his accident. Beek, an alien from the planet Zuppo, had been watching Frank's life. Then it fell apart. Beek was being recalled to his planet and had wanted to leave his Startship with someone who could be trusted with it. This didn't change with Frank's accident. It actually helped get Frank released from the military. Now, Beek needed to get Frank released from the hospital.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669806431

Ronald Dean Durbin

Ronald Dean Durbin graduated from Hodge High School in St. James, Missouri, in 1967, after which, he enlisted in the Air Force. After his four-year commitment, he entered college studying to become a Chaplain. This would include a BS and MS in Education and the three-year seminary degree, later followed by his doctorate. Ordained and Certified as a Chaplain, Ron came back onto active duty in the Air Force as a Chaplain in 1985. In1995, Ron came off active duty moving into the Reserves of the Air Force. Also certified as an Educator, he went back into fulltime teaching at The Defense Language Institute, teaching adult foreign military personnel English until June 30, 2017. In seminary, he married and would become father to Carrie and Jere. Later, as a single parent, he would add Charlie and Alicia. He and Ainagul were married in January of 2017.

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The last thing Lieutenant Colonel Frank Shannon did was push the eject button. His bird was going down, now in a safe area, but he was too close to the ground. He ejected, but his carriage was dragged on the ground, and it rolled and rolled. Frank never knew any of this. When he hit the ground, the impact knocked him out. His body was shredded. Only the quick response of the rescue chopper saved his life. The Air Force gave up on Frank ever recovering, coming out of his deep coma. Tubes breathed for him. Other tubes fed him. His heart was strong and was working on its own. With this, the Air Force medically retired Frank at the rank of colonel.

Sara had held on for forty-five days, waiting. Frank had lost both legs and broke his left arm. The rest of his body seemed to be okay, but he wasn’t waking up. The doctors didn’t have a clue why. They told Sara at day one hundred, they would unplug Frank and let him die. Sara couldn’t take watching him die. She gave up and filed for divorce. After their son Sean graduated from high school, she headed back home to Albany. This put their twenty-year-old son Kelly as his next of kin. Sara could get half of his retirement, but nothing from his 100 percent disability. Kelly set up a bank account for his medical retirement to go into. After one hundred days in the hospital, the director met with Kelly to talk about unplugging Frank and letting him die.

Beek had been keeping up with Frank’s care and was not happy. These earthlings didn’t use common sense when it came to their patients. Back home on Zuppo, Frank would have already been released. Beek decided it was time for him to act. Frank’s medication was only sedating him. It wasn’t treating his brain’s issues. Beek inserted the necessary medicine into the IV. It would take a few hours, but Frank would wake up.

Kelly wasn’t giving up. He was going to have his father transferred to the hospital’s rehab center. No one was unplugging his dad. Kelly came by to tell this to his body.

With a look of astonishment, Kelly saw his father sitting up and drinking coffee. Dad!

Frank was surprised by Kelly’s reaction. He didn’t know that he’d been unconscious for more than one hundred days. What?

You’re awake.

Again, Frank didn’t know anything about his